Tennessee, Mississippi small business owners ranked least polite

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Tennessee, Mississippi small business owners ranked least polite

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Many in the south take pride in what is known as “southern hospitality”, but according to a Canadian company, small business owners in two Mid-South states are far from nice.

Both Tennessee and Mississippi were ranked in the bottom three with a “polite percentage” of only six and seven percent respectively. The FreshBooks study specifically analyzed how many of these businesses used the words “please” and “thank you” on their invoices.